| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: hysterical laugh at his friend's warmth of enthusiasm. He took
the fresh lance in his hand, and then, seeing that his opponent
was walking his horse slowly up and down at his end of the lists,
did the same during the little time of rest before the next
encounter.
When, in answer to the command of the Marshal, he took his place
a second time, he found himself calmer and more collected than
before, but every faculty no less intensely fixed than it had
been at first. Once more the Marshal raised his baton, once more
the horn sounded, and once more the two rushed together with the
same thunderous crash, the same splinter of broken spears, the
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the pavement.
Her screams had attracted servants and members of the
families from residences near by, as well as from the
Greystoke home. Lady Greystoke had witnessed the girl's brave
battle, and had herself tried to reach the rapidly passing
vehicle, but had been too late.
That was all that anyone knew, nor did Lady Greystoke
dream of the possible identity of the man at the bottom of
the plot until her husband told her of the escape of Nikolas
Rokoff from the French prison where they had hoped he was
permanently confined.
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